I was Man Utd with this formation (2nd season) and I won the Premiership (lost 1 game, drew about 6 games). I scored 80 goals and let in about 20. I also won the FA Cup.
Tevez - 16 Goals (all competitions)
Rooney - 11 Goals (all competitions)
Berbatov - 16 goals (all competitions)
Ferdinand - 15 goals (all competitions)
Vidic - approx 6-10 goals (all competitions)
I have noticed I score a majority of my goals from corners and set pieces. The play style favours attacking on the wings but I really struggle to get my strikers to score (yeah but the stats show blah blah..let me explain
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Typically in a game I will score a corner or free kick, then there will be a random shot or cross from a winger and my striker will get on the rebound. The strikers dont seem to get the ball near the 18yard box, normally its about 10 yards outside of that and they either shoot (changed long shots to rarely but they dont listen!) or they mess around and get tackled.
What's frustrating about the formation is it seems to be so reliant on corners. I beat Portsmouth 5-1. Rio Ferdinand scored 4 goals all from corners!!!
Conclusion
I dont care too much where the ball goes leading up to a goal. I just want someone in an attacking midfield position to get the ball, maybe take on a player and pass/through ball to my strikers. The strikers are in and around the 18 yard box so they can shoot/take it past the last defender/pass it to other striker and score.
This formation does not seem to do this. I find clubs with good (big) defenders stop me from scoring because I cant score off headers lol.